Duarte de Eça (born 1480) was the 3rd
Captain-major
A donatary captain was a Portuguese colonial official to whom the Crown granted jurisdiction, rights, and revenues over some colonial territory. The recipients of these grants were called (donataries), because they had been given the grant as a ( ...
of
Portuguese Ceylon
Portuguese Ceylon ( pt, Ceilão Português, Sinhala: පෘතුගීසි ලංකාව ''Puruthugisi Lankawa'', Tamil: போர்த்துக்கேய இலங்கை ''Porthukeya Ilankai'') is the name given to the territory ...
. Eça was appointed in 1552 under
John III of Portugal
John III ( pt, João III ; 7 June 1502 – 11 June 1557), nicknamed The Pious (Portuguese: ''o Piedoso''), was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1521 until his death in 1557. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the thi ...
, he was Captain-major until 1553. He was succeeded by
Fernão Carvalho.
References
Bibliography
Vila-Santa, Nuno, "A trajectória de D. Duarte de Eça: de capitão deposto a capitão de Goa", Actas do Congresso Internacional Pequena Nobreza nos Impérios Ibéricos do Antigo Regime, IICT, 2012
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Captain-majors of Ceilão
16th-century Portuguese people
1480 births
Year of death missing
15th-century Portuguese people